Buckling of an axially compressed cylindrical shell of variable thickness
College
Engineering and Computer Science
Department
Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication/Event/Conference Title
International Journal of Solids and Structures
Publication Status
Version of Record
Abstract
This paper focuses on the buckling of cylindrical shells with small thickness variations. Two important cases of thickness variation pattern are considered. Asymptotic formulas up to the second order of the thickness variation parameter ε are derived by the combination of the perturbation and weighted residual methods. The expressions obtained in this study reduce to Koiter's formulas, when only the first-order term of the thickness variation parameter is retained in the analysis. Results from the asymptotic formulas are compared with those obtained through the purely numerical techniques of the finite difference method and the shooting method. © 1994.
First Page
797
Last Page
805
DOI
10.1016/0020-7683(94)90078-7
Publication Date
1-1-1994
Recommended Citation
Koiter, W. T.; Elishakoff, I.; Li, Y. W.; and Starnes, J. H., "Buckling of an axially compressed cylindrical shell of variable thickness" (1994). Faculty Scholarship. 573.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/faculty_papers/573